The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
AMBROSE BIERCEFear has no brains; it is an idiot.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.
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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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